Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The Commissioner’s decision is that information in a financial report that the complainant has requested is exempt from disclosure under section 41(1) of FOIA. This is because it’s information that was provided to Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (‘the Trust’) in confidence. In respect of the exempt information, the Trust breached section 17(1) of FOIA as it didn’t confirm to the complainant the exemption on which it’s relying, within the required timescale. It’s not necessary for the Trust to take any corrective steps.